COVID-19 Update for Thursday, December 23, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, December 24, 2021

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		76		92,355
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		51		52,546
Males		25		39,806
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		2 years to 89 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES
Clarendon		2		4,948
Hanover		0		3,026
Kingston & St. Andrew		26		22,789
Manchester		0		6,004
Portland		0		2,525
St. Ann		17		6,932
St. Catherine		10		17,253
St. Elizabeth		1		4,212
St. James		8		9,086
St. Mary		5		3,071
St. Thomas		5		3,971
Trelawny		0		3,370
Westmoreland		2		5,168



COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	63	9	4		76
Cumulative POSITIVES	81,446	6,962	3,947		92,355
NEGATIVE today	568	All negatives are included in PCR tests	287		855
Cumulative NEGATIVES	404,505		200,177		604,682
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	631	9	291		931
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	485,951	6,962	204,124		697,037
Positivity Rate^[1]	11.3%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		1*		2,462
Coincidental Deaths		1		193
Deaths Under Investigation		0		347
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		150		64,732
Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks		452

QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		1
Number in Home Quarantine		20,748
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalized		92
Patients Moderately Ill		24
Patients Severely Ill		11
Patients Critically Ill		3
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		14
Home		24,377
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		0		3,169
Imported		0		1481
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		0		4,437
Under Investigation		76		83,032
Workplace Cluster		0		236

*COVID-19 RELATED DEATH

[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing